Panchayat Polls | Fake Or Genuine Votes? Uttarakhand High Court Says Such Disputes Can Only Be Decided In Election Petition

Last week, the Uttarakhand High Court observed that the allegations regarding fake voting in panchayat elections raise a question of fact and can be decided only in an election petition. Thus, adopting a 'hands-off approach', a Bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani refused to entertain a writ plea seeking to quash votes cast in a particular polling booth and an independent inquiry...

Maintenance | Wife Can Seek To Summon Bank Authorities As Witness To Determine Husband's Real Income/Assets: Delhi High Court

Observing that it is not uncommon for husbands to suppress their real income in order to avoid paying maintenance to their wives, the Delhi High Court has held that a wife can seek to summon bank officials as witness to the husband's actual income/ assets.Justice Ravinder Dudeja thus allowed Petitioner-wife's plea against a Family Court order dismissing her Section 311 CrPC application to...

Mere Public Outcry, Media Coverage Can't Diminish Gravity Of Offence: Delhi High Court Denies Bail In POCSO Case

While denying bail to a man in a POCSO case, the Delhi High Court has observed that mere public outcry and media coverage of the incident cannot diminish the gravity of the offence. “Merely because there was public outcry and media coverage of the incident, gravity of offence does not get diminished,” Justice Girish Kathpalia said. The FIR was registered in 2016 for the offences under...

Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable On Mere Issuance Of Summons In Complaint Case Involving Non-Bailable Offence: Allahabad High Court

In a recent order, the Allahabad High Court clarified the scope of anticipatory bail under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) as it held that in a complaint case involving accusation of a non-bailable offence, anticipatory bail plea will not be maintainable upon the mere issuance of a summons, as in such a case, there is no apprehension of arrest by the...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To Cordelia Cruises In Trademark Infringement Suit Against Rishikesh-Based Hotel

The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction in favour of luxury sea and ocean cruise operator 'Cordelia Cruises', restraining a Rishikesh based hotel from operating under a similar name.Justice Saurabh Banerjee restrained 'Cordelia Inn' from using the said mark, stating that merely adding a prefix/ suffix (Inn in this case) to an existing mark does not make the offending mark...

Mere Incorporation Of Investing Companies Under Companies Act Not Enough To Prove Genuineness Of Share Transactions: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court held that mere incorporation of investing companies under the Companies Act is not enough to prove the genuineness of share transactions. The bench opined that, admittedly, the shares were by way of a private placement. Though the investing companies might have been incorporated under the provisions of the Company's Act, that by itself will not...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 256Nominal Index: B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 224Ranjith Balkrishnan AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225C Bhavani @Hamsa AND The Petitions Committee Karnataka Legislative Council & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226M/S....

Delhi High Court Reprimands GST Dept For Raiding Lawyer's Office, Seizing Computer Over Client's Tax Case

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the GST Department for harassing a tax lawyer, by raiding his offices and seizing his files and electronic gadgets, in connection with alleged GST evasion by one of his clients.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed that unless the Department has some material to indicate the lawyer's involvement in alleged tax evasion, it...

[CGST Act] Penalty Is An 'Additional Tax', Cannot Be Levied Under State Act Without 'Charging Provision': J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that the penalty under the Central Sales Tax Act cannot be imposed by invoking provisions of the State Act in the absence of an express charging section.The Court held that the Central Act is a “self-contained code” and provides its own framework for imposition of penalties, which cannot be supplemented by state laws.A bench headed...

Will Expeditiously Notify Minimum Standards For Diagnostic Sample Collection And Transport Policy: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Central Government recently informed the Delhi High Court that it will expeditiously notify the minimum standards for diagnostic sample collection and sample transport policy. In an order passed on July 18, Justice Anish Dayal noted that that the minimum standards have been approved, are only awaiting the notification and that the process may be accomplished within the next three...

Terminating Contractual Employee By Calling Her 'Vulnerable', 'Unfit For Job' Without Inquiry Was Stigmatic: J&K&L High Court Aids Ex-Anaesthetist

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has strongly criticized the government's decision to terminate a contractual Anaesthetist by labeling her as "vulnerable" and "unsuitable for government service" without holding any inquiry or issuing a show-cause notice.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar observed “The impugned communication... shall not come in the way of the petitioner's...

'Violates Right To Take Marriage Decision': High Court Grants Relief To Inter-Faith Couple After Delhi Police Fails To Provide Protection

The Delhi High Court has recently granted relief to an inter-faith couple after the Delhi Police failed to grant them protection by facilitating their stay in a safe house, and rather allegedly and forcibly separating them and detaining the woman in a shelter home. Justice Sanjeev Narula recorded the argument of the man who claimed that the said action was taken by the Delhi Police despite...